Improvement in cases for law-blanks



C. I. WALKER.

Cases for Law-Blanks. No. 139,094. PtentedMay 20.1873.

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CORNELIUS I. WALKER, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CASES FOR-LAW-BLANKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,094, dated May 20, 1873; application filed March 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, CORNELIUS IRVINE WALKER, of Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented new and Improved Cases for Law- Blanks, of which thefollowingis a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved lawblank case. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same closed, and Fig. 3 is a detail side-view, showing the method of building.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish to lawyers, clerks of courts, notaries public, and others a law-blank case, which contains a number of leaves for the adjustment of different law-blanks, to be available for ready use, and provided with an index for easy reference. The blanks or forms are thus preserved in good order, free from injury, and by their convenient arrangement a great deal of time may be saved.

My invention consists of a book, bound as hereinafter described, composed of leaves of binders boards, or wood, metal, or other suitable material. On each side, or on one side only, of the leaves, at the corners, are strips B, for confining the blanks and for holding them flat against the leaf. The strips are placed diagonally across the corners and so prevent any slipping of the blanks.- They are stamp ed in such a manner that the parts a which pass over the blanks are bent up suitably so as to form an elevation for slipping the blanks under them. Corners would answer the purpose as well, and cover my device, but the strips are preferred on account of economy.

On the inner side of each leaf are suitable strips (3, of wood or other suitable material, to form guards for filling out the back of the book for relieving the pressure at the back from the corner strips B, and for aiding the strength of the binding, as shown hereafter. The leaves are bound together by attaching a strip, D, of cloth or other suitable material to the adjacent sides of two adjacent leaves. The back or guard strip 0 is placed over this and riveted or otherwise secured to the leaf. The pressure of this strip upon the cloth, aided by the whole being glued-4'. e., the cloth to the board and the strip to the cloth gives the requisite strength.

The case is indexed through after the manner of index-books. Reference is had to the contents of the various leaves by each being designated by its own letter or number and an index or sheet in front containing a list of the same.

The book is bound externally in any suitable manner after the fashion of books, or the leaves are fastened into a wooden case, giving perfect protection from dust. In this latter mode the top and bottom of the wooden box 2. The mode of binding together the leaves A by means of strips D of cloth applied to the adjacent sides of two adjacent leaves and the rigid guard-strips O placed over these and secured to the leaves, as shown and described.

GORNELIUS I. WALKER.

Witnesses BENJ. H. WILSON,

HARVEY. CoGsWELL. 

